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Fire break still in the works

MEEKER | It’s been a little more than a year since the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requested public comment on a proposed wildfire mitigation project which would involve a planned fuels reduction treatment along the north and west portion of the town of Meeker. This action would create a[Read More…]

GIANINETTI SIGNS WITH CALVARY U

MHS senior Nora Gianinetti will be a Lady Warrior at Calvary University in Kansas City, Missouri, playing volleyball. She’s excited to pursue a business degree there with hopes of attending law school afterward to serve foster children as a Guardian ad Litem. | COURTESY PHOTO

BMS WRAPS SEASON

The Barone Middle School wrestlers wrapped up their season last weekend at the Hayden District Wrestling Tournament. Four Cowboys were crowned champions at this end of season tournament:Eli Rundberg (90 pounds, 15-3 record at end of season); Tristan Nee (120, 13-4); Said Rodriguez (135, 12-0); Jace Vroman (140, 17-1). Taking[Read More…]

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Timber Weber and Orion Musser competed in the 2023 Colorado Elementary and Colorado Middle School State Wrestling Championships. Weber, who wrestles in Meeker for Athlos Life, placed fourth. Orion is little brother to Tanner Musser, the state Class 2A, 285 pound runner-up, and an eighth grader at Barone Middle School.[Read More…]

RBC 4-H’rs perform well at LaPlata

RBC | Several 4-H kids from Rio Blanco County went to Durango, Colorado, last weekend to compete in their first contest of the season, the LaPlata County “Rumble in the Rockies” Livestock Judging Contest. Nine kids traveled to compete and all nine placed in the “Top 10” and had their[Read More…]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Wrong

“Aristocrats don’t notice philosophical conundra. They just ignore them. Philosophy includes contemplating the possibility that you might be wrong, sir, and a real aristocrat knows that he is always right. It’s not vanity, you understand, it’s built-in absolute certainty. They may sometimes be as mad as a hatful of spoons,[Read More…]